Ethiopia's Afar Region Launches Tender for Construction of Poultry Multiplication and Feed Processing Center

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 8, the Regional Coordination Unit of the Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project Phase II in Ethiopia's Afar Region issued a tender notice for the construction of a poultry multiplication center and a feed processing center in Dubti Woreda, Afar Region, with a construction contract period of 12 months. The project is supported by a credit from the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA), with tender number ET-AFR-RPCU-589814-CW-RFB, and the deadline for submission of bids is 9:00 on December 7, 2026.

The works are organized and implemented by the Regional Coordination Unit of the Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project Phase II under the Office of the President of the Afar Regional Government, using national competitive procurement to solicit bids from qualified contractors. Project funding comes from World Bank IDA Credit No. 7519 and constitutes a specific construction contract under the Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project Phase II (LLRP-II).

The works mainly comprise two parts: a poultry multiplication center and a feed processing center. The poultry multiplication center will be equipped with breeding and production facilities to provide seed stock and a breeding base for local poultry farming; the feed processing center will be equipped with corresponding processing and production facilities to establish a feed supply capacity supporting poultry farming. Together, the two facilities form the basic production nodes of the poultry farming value chain, covering both breeding stock multiplication and feed processing.

The project is located in Dubti Woreda, Afar Region, northeastern Ethiopia. The area is part of Ethiopia's lowland agricultural and livestock development zone, where production activities are affected by factors such as drought, erratic rainfall and water resource conditions. The Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project Phase II primarily targets climate-vulnerable areas, improving local production conditions and residents' livelihoods through agriculture, livestock and rural infrastructure development.

The poultry multiplication center and the feed processing facility respectively serve the functions of seed stock supply and production of farming inputs. Once completed, the project will provide supporting infrastructure for local poultry production and reduce the farming sector's dependence on external supply of breeding stock and feed. The actual production scale, equipment configuration and product supply capacity will still need to be determined in accordance with the tender technical documents and the project implementation plan.

According to the procurement notice, bids must be delivered to the Afar Regional Project Coordination Unit before 9:00 on December 7, 2026; electronic bids will not be accepted, and late documents will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened at 9:30 on the same day. Bidders must also submit a bid security of 1.5 million Ethiopian Birr, which may be in the form of an unconditional bank guarantee or a compliant bank payment instrument.